Thursday Overnight Open Thread (3/9/17) Taking it Easy Editon

Quote of The Day

“I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers – and it was not there . . . in her fertile fields and boundless forests and it was not there . . . in her rich mines and her vast world commerce – and it was not there . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution – and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville

A similar motion, labelled M-37, was later tabled in the Ontario provincial legislature by MPP Nathalie Des Rosiers on February 23, 2017, and was passed by the provincial parliament.

M-37, like its predecessor, demanded that lawmakers condemn "all forms of Islamophobia" and reaffirm "support for government efforts, through the Anti-Racism Directorate, to address and prevent systemic racism across government policy, programs and services".

Your humble Cob doesn't go out for lunch often. Yesterday I did. Yesterday, Wednesday March 8th was the day without women yadda yadda. My lunch companion and I were waited on by a woman. We saw several other women working behind the bar, waiting tables and working the hostess position. It looked like the staff was mostly women.

The restaurant was filled mostly with male customers. What would have happened if there had been a Day Without Men? Just thinking out loud here.

If a boy who questions whether or not he is a boy (who is meant to grow into a man) is treated as a girl, then has his natural pubertal progression to manhood suppressed, have we not set in motion an inevitable outcome? All of his same sex peers develop into young men, his opposite sex friends develop into young women, but he remains a pre-pubertal boy. He will be left psychosocially isolated and alone........

My point here is that I don’t care how many climate models are accurate if you don’t tell me how many were wrong. If 99 out of 100 climate scientists create models that are wrong, and one gets it right, would you bet on that winning model to stay right in the future?

If you answered yes, I recommend letting someone else make investment decisions for you.

Burgess began writing in earnest at the age of 43, in 1960, when he was incorrectly diagnosed as having a terminal illness. His initial ambition was to make enough money to leave to his (first) wife, and he wrote or rewrote five novels in what he thought was his final year. He did not die and he could not find a job; so he kept writing.

The ONT Musical Interlude

March 9, 1975, Actor Telly Savalas was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the David Gates (from Bread) song 'If'. Savalas was currently high in the TV ratings playing the policeman Kojak. via thisdayinmusic.com

March 9, 1991, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' gave The Clash their only UK No.1 single after the track was used for a Levi's TV advertisement. The track was first released in 1982 from their album Combat Rock album. via thisdayinmusic.com

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How to make Florida Chili, just add carrots. The AoSHQ has an excellent food thread every Saturday. Surely hope CBD doesn't mind The ONT getting into the recipe biz. This Chili recipe sounds good.

Her passing came 18 days after the behind-bars death of her most prized client, the 78-year-old convicted Islamic terrorist ringleader Omar Abdel-Rahman, also known as the Blind Sheikh, with whom she used to flirt during prison visits. He had received a sentence of life imprisonment in 1996.

“He was a personification of an American hero,” she told the Times after Abdel-Rahman departed. “I feel very strongly that he suffered. He suffered unjustly because he was convicted of this bogus crime.”

Speaking of radical feminists. The ONT attempts every night to put out the best possible product. No slackers here. Our research takes us to different places. Our goal is to provide interesting, educational and conversation worthy topics, no matter how uncomfortable you may be. No safe spaces here at The ONT or How To Have Fat Sex. Boy there is a lot of crap we come across to put together an ONT.

Perez also told the Tribune that after leaving the Army, doctors at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital diagnosed him with post-traumatic stress disorder. After failing to maintain a steady job, he got mixed up with drugs and alcohol, ultimately handing a "laptop case full of cocaine to an undercover officer." He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

While locked up he earned an Associate's Degree, participated in both psychiatric and addiction therapy, and worked to help fellow inmates earn their GEDs. After serving about half of his sentence, Perez expected to be going home. Instead, he's facing deportation.

According to WFAA, Decatur, Texas resident Jimmy White built the mini-amusement park for his 2-year-old granddaughter. Made of metal, wood, and PVC pipe, White started work on his fun fair as soon as he discovered that he was going to be a grandparent.

The Bible has been considered H8 speech in Canada for some time now, and quoting it accurately has been considered a H8 crime. It is little wonder, then, that quoting the Bible in Scotland, after explicitly being inquired upon, would result in near instant imprisonment?

The first time, I asked to schedule a mammogram for my wife. I was told she could get a breast exam and then a referral for a mammogram.

The second time, I asked for prenatal care for my six-months-pregnant wife who had just had her insurance dropped. I was told "PP does not do prenatal care. Contact an OBGYN." She then hung up, IMMEDIATELY.

The third time, at a different center in the area, I was hung up on as soon as I said prenatal care.

25Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.

Welp. Looks like we're determined to find out whether he was right.

(Inspiring quote, though.)

(And thanks for the yuge and luxurious selection of content! Big league.)

"The effect suggests a link between social equality or concessions by the regime and unintended consequences. According to the Tocqueville effect, a revolution is likely to occur after an improvement in social conditions in contrast to Marx's theory of progressive immiseration of the proletariat (deterioration of conditions)"

It's been overshadowed by his other literary works, but back in the 1970s, with the 1984 date fast approaching, Burgess said that the actual future in Britain wasn't going to be Orwellian. But that it also wasn't going to be good.

So in his book _1985_, he depicted a dystopian future UK which was dominated economically by leftist trade unions, and culturally by... imported militant Islam.

This rendition by Burgess was deprecated by Brit crits as "science fiction", and bad SF at that, and rapidly routed to the remainder bins at the bookstores. The linked piece doesn't even mention it. But man, was Burgess bang on the mark with that part of his prediction.

For everyone receiving employer provided health care, we tax that as income - as it assuredly is. Then we don't have to give tax credits to those buying their own.. right?? right??

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 09, 2017 09:54 PM (UpGcq)

43Sorry, this has never happened to me before.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 09, 2017 09:53 PM (IcT7t)

I barely had time to turn on the TV.

Posted by: Some Chick Who's Heard It Before at March 09, 2017 09:54 PM (JZdsf)

44While locked up he earned an Associate's Degree, participated in both psychiatric and addiction therapy, and worked to help fellow inmates earn their GEDs. After serving about half of his sentence, Perez expected to be going home. Instead, he's facing deportation.

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The Perez piece calls him a recipient of "military honors for his service including a Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal, a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, an Army
Commendation Medal, and a National Defense Service Medal."

These particular "military honors" got handed out in bulk and pro forma to the overwhelming majority of people who deployed. They denote no particular significance among that large cohort.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2017 09:58 PM (noWW6)

5947 The rollout of GOPCare borders on self sabotage with the express desire to lose their majority.

He wasn't an illegal alien. The military doesn't take illegals - at least not until Barky started pushing it and the feckless, treasonous GOP had nothing to say against it. Evidently he was a green card holder. He committed a felony. End of green card. Tough titties.

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Adam Savage and WETA Workshop really go into the Uncanny Valley with the Geisha gynoids for the Ghost in the Shell live-action movie.

https://youtu.be/KosBvDyWgnA

My thoughts on this?

The destroyed Geisha gynoid head. Really? You have a power cord they
pulled out of the spares bin hanging out of a mouth and throat far too
small to house it. Also in Ghost in the Shell, the twin data
cables are about two meters long and resemble headphone cords plus the
datajacks are located at the base of the skull. So to have a cord from
the mouth is just wrong and I bet in the actual movie this cord is
prehensile. If I want power cables acting like snakes, I'll watch Bubblegum Crisis 2032 as Aqua City gets consumed by a Super Boomer.

The
Geisha gynoid with all the face panels opening up like a killer
mechanical doll. Uh no. I expect to see that 'Aaahhh!!!' in a scary
movie. Also WETA nothing makes me think of the future more than 17th
Century automata clock-work gears. From a practical standpoint, those
fiddly gears would easily get knocked askew. Should have not gone there,
better to leave it to our imaginations how exactly these Geisha gynoids
are assembled much like the Nexus-6 series.

Posted by: Kreplach...........damn, I used to love gimlets.. I would make a vodka gimlet from ethyl alcohol from the labs (the good/safe stuff ) and rose's lime juice.. I can't believe I have a brain left.. (some would dispute this)

71Your humble Cob doesn't go out for lunch often. Yesterday I did. Yesterday, Wednesday March 8th was the day without women yadda yadda. My lunch companion and I were waited on by a woman. We saw several other women working behind the bar, waiting tables and working the hostess position. It looked like the staff was mostly women.

Same with me. It was all a big nothing around here. I'm sure that in New York, California, the Northwest, and DC area there were lots of ladies who donned the pussy hats, played hooky from their jobs, and patted themselves on the back for their little anti Trump hissy fit. Around here there was nothing. Those people on the coasts really do live in a bubble.

75Without any formal training as an engineer, White learned about gravity-propelled coasters, and decided that he could build one himself. Once finished, the DIY mini-coaster now starts on the second-floor of his house, and the child-sized car can thunder along the tracks without much help from an adult.

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I didn't even read about Perez's awards. GWOT and ARCOM? Yeah, that's what I got too. I'm a proud veteran, but including the word "decorated" made me think he was an actual war hero. I am not that, and neither is Perez. Deport him.

Posted by: CPT11A at March 09, 2017 10:06 PM (hxUdS)

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One thing that I really liked about Israel - Ehud Barak was the most decorated soldier in Israeli history ... he had 5 medals.

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"I'd love to know how many UAW and other union members broke ranks and voted for Trump."

That one is easy.
Most.
Maybe even all.

Posted by: navybrat at March 09, 2017 10:08 PM (w7KSn)

90The American College of Pediatricians urges healthcare professionals, educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex.

How can anybody disagree with this? The progs must tell themselves that it's not "impersonation"... but then, why are the hormones and surgeries necessary? I usually understand where they're coming from, no matter how wrong they are, but their position here is genuinely mystifying.

(And history will look back on it about as approvingly as it'll look back on abortion.)

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at March 09, 2017 10:08 PM (PXbkt)

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I'm gonna be the contrarian and say do not deport. He did two tours. Yes, the only award mentioned that has any meaning is the GWOT expeditionary (assuming ARCOM is like a NAM, a cookie you get when you leave a command). There's only the article's say-so to go on, but non-citizens serve in the military all the time, sounds like he saw or did some stuff that wrecked him up while he was serving in the military, and that he straightened out while serving time for some bad decisions.

It just shocks the hell out of me that liberalism has devolved to the point of encouraging this kind of life choice in kids who are too young to make ANY KIND OF IMPORTANT DECISION.
This is nuts beyond belief.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 09, 2017 10:10 PM (+lVUW)

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So... appears that Facebook deleted their Drudge Report page with no explanation. 12 million likes.

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Saw Procul Harum at Western Illinois University (where I had a scholarship) December 1968. They were hitting the colleges of the midwest to promote the Salty Dog album. Robin was awesome, but not of the same caliber as Stevie Ray Vaughan who is my guitar god.

Posted by: colfax mingo at March 09, 2017 10:11 PM (+ucSt)

103@95: "So... appears that Facebook deleted their Drudge Report page with no explanation. 12 million likes."

Drudge tweeted a few days that none of the Facebook pages were actually his.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 09, 2017 10:12 PM (3Vlkn)

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Bullets underwater and the links from are cool. But again as in Myth Busters buttets suck underwater.

11756 /and trust me, vaginas are like Jaguars. High maintenance and costly.
Posted by: shibumi at March 09, 2017 09:49 PM (J5mC3)
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I have never encountered one with hand-stitched leather and wood trim, but I defer to your expertise.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 09, 2017 09:57 PM

Or 3 two-barrel carbs..

Although i did know someone with two barrels once.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 09, 2017 10:15 PM (DMUuz)

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Drudge tweeted a few days that none of the Facebook pages were actually his.--Well then... umm... sorry, never mind.

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Saying bad things against GOD, you know, The Real One, is blasphemy. So don't blaspheme GOD, Yahweh, Jehovah, Adonai, The Great I Am. The others like shaitan of many little-letter names? Screw those guys. They ain't gods. I blaspheme their sorry asses every damn day.

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2017 10:17 PM (zLDYs)

121The others like shaitan of many little-letter names? Screw those guys. They ain't gods. I blaspheme their sorry asses every damn day.

Soon.

Posted by: Ahura Mazda at March 09, 2017 10:18 PM (JZdsf)

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I have carefully planned to never shoot my S&W model 65 under water. If I shoot you it will be where I breathe air, not water. Now an octopus with a 357 mag is a scary idea, but I will leave than to Jacque to discover.

Posted by: colfax mingo at March 09, 2017 10:18 PM (+ucSt)

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I have never encountered one with hand-stitched leather and wood trim, but I defer to your expertise. Posted by: hogmartin at March 09, 2017 09:57 PM--Rumor has it that things are... different wtih Asian women.

"Decorated" is stretching it; the only award there for actually (really, "possibly") achieving something is the Army Commendation Medal...and there's a good chance he got that for just doing his job. Also, he was in the Army, he should know you have to file paperwork for everything. Deport him.

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Deport. Being a veteran grants no special privilege to break the law. Do the crime do the time then get deported if you are not a citizen. Even if you manage to turn your life around in prison. Deport...

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Had a strange thing happen, I enlarge my touch screen tablet to read better but AoSHq wouldn't enlarge, flipped to other sites and worked fine back to here and it wouldn't. Had to get out and come back and its working as it should.

134March 9, 1991, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' gave The Clash their only UK No.1 single after the track was used for a Levi's TV advertisement. The track was first released in 1982 from their album Combat Rock album.

I remember hearing an interview with one of the band members who described himself as "practically a Stalinist" in the early days.

Posted by: rickl at March 09, 2017 10:22 PM (sdi6R)

135Rumor has it that things are... different wtih Asian women.
Posted by: shibumi at March 09, 2017 10:19 PM

Many a young sailor has nodded solemnly.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 09, 2017 10:23 PM (DMUuz)

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Look up the Mythbusters guns under water, all bullets from .22 to 50 cal are useless after 6 feet.

And don't get me started on the muff. That fur oil isn't cheap. Much less the cost of replacing underpants and pants because they have grease stains.

Posted by: Emma Stone at March 09, 2017 10:24 PM (+lVUW)

139The National Defense Service Medal is often called the 'alive and breathing medal.' Why? If you were in Basic Training when 9/11 happened, you got that medal.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Got one in Navy boot camp. In 1971.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 09, 2017 10:03 PM (IqV8l)

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"non-citizens serve in the military all the time, sounds like he saw or did some stuff that wrecked him up while he was serving in the military, and that he straightened out while serving time for some bad decisions."

Posted by: hogmartin at March 09, 2017 10:09 PM (8nWyX)

I'd bet most of those noncitizens are here legally.

If they're here illegally, they shouldn't be allowed to serve at all. They're criminals for cryin' out fucking loud.

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On one hand, I'm a little saddened by Lynne Stewart's untimely death; she should have been awarded her choice of retirement in North Korea or Iran or Cuba. On the other, I'm not confident that having the cruelty and stupidity of her beliefs pounded into her doughy face daily for years would have changed her broken mind anyway, so, eh, whatever.

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"But, they let a blind guy do the planning and that, in retrospect, turned out to be a bad idea."

Muslim tradecraft. I was gobsmacked by how one of the jihadi operatives actually went back to the Ryder rental agency after the attack and tried to _get his deposit back_ on one of the moving vans blown up in the WTC op.

Least competent adversaries ever. Yet the senile superpower has been tied in knots by these blundering buffoons for thirty years now. Doesn't say much for America.

Looks like he came here on a green card, but never filed the paperwork for citizenship. He was in the Army, he should have known from that experience that there was probably a ream of paperwork to fill out. Instead, he acted like all the dumbasses that just showed up at doctors' offices and hospitals expecting free care when TFGCare was passed.

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March 9, 1991, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' gave The Clash their only UK No.1 single after the track was used for a Levi's TV advertisement. The track was first released in 1982 from their album Combat Rock album.

A friend of mine went to a concert where they were warming up for the Rolling Stones, I believe.

When they played this song the crowd started chanting "go, go, go" which apparently pissed off the band to no end. To the point where they were telling the crowd to fuck off, lol.

For everyone receiving employer provided health care, we tax that as income - as it assuredly is. Then we don't have to give tax credits to those buying their own.. right?? right??
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

IIRC the tax on Cadillac health insurance plans was pushed down the road during the previous administration. If they start taxing the health insurance of Michigan's teachers union members, you're going to hear teachers all over Michigan squealing like stuck pigs.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 09, 2017 10:30 PM (+lVUW)

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The Clash destroyed punk rock. They were leftist hippies with short hair. Punk rock was all about "There are no rules, make the music you want to make. Express the person you are."

The Clash were "No, you can't express yourself, you have to make music that serves socialism." And "rock journalism" said, "This...this we can get behind. The Clash are the Only Band That Matters, (because they are steering the punks into socialist slogans)"

The parenthetical part was unsaid, but it was there.

I hate The Clash.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 09, 2017 10:30 PM (MZcWR)

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Danish teen follows up a story told by his grandfather and finds the remains of a German Luftwaffe fighter with what appears to be the pilot still entombed.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jzfkf3l

Quick guess from this photo, looks to be an inverted V engine so a DB-605A or a DB-605D. The short tail wheel indicates it could be a Bf-109 G-6, G-8, late production G-10, G-12, G-14AS.

If they're here illegally, they shouldn't be allowed to serve at all. They're criminals for cryin' out fucking loud.

His first bad decision was coming here illegally. Buh bye criminal.

When I was stuck in processing at Fort Jackson I met a little cutie named Private Morningstar. She was getting booted from the Army because she was Canadian. Claimed the recruiter didn't tell her which Army she was signing up for.

170158 When they played this song the crowd started chanting "go, go, go" which apparently pissed off the band to no end. To the point where they were telling the crowd to fuck off, lol.
Posted by: Country Boy at March 09, 2017 10:29 PM (Jcg9Q)

In the punk world, that might just be "interacting with the audience."

Saw The Clash once as the headliners, and they put on an awesome show. Stayed far away from the people slamming into eachother, though.

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Country Singer @139- Boot Camp.When we got our geedunk (National Defense) medals in boot camp 1968, out company commander told us the colors meant...blue for the seas we never yet crossed,white for the color of our liver,yellow for the strip up our back, and,,red for the blood we ain't yet shed for our country. Real motivator as I recall. Got my second for Desert Storm.

For everyone receiving employer provided health care, we tax that as income - as it assuredly is. Then we don't have to give tax credits to those buying their own.. right?? right??
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

IIRC the tax on Cadillac health insurance plans was pushed down the road during the previous administration. If they start taxing the health insurance of Michigan's teachers union members, you're going to hear teachers all over Michigan squealing like stuck pigs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 09, 2017 10:30 PM (+lVUW)

I doubt it. The Sconnie teachers will be screaming just as loud. You thought Act 10 was bad

I was only in for 4, but have very fond memories of a certain logistics E6 with a narrow waist and quite the rack.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 09, 2017 10:33 PM (+kBvz)

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A friend of mine went to a concert where they were warming up for the Rolling Stones, I believe.

When they played this song the crowd started chanting "go, go, go" which apparently pissed off the band to no end. To the point where they were telling the crowd to fuck off, lol.
Posted by: Country Boy at March 09, 2017 10:29 PM (Jcg9Q)

Rolling Stones fans are a tough crowd, apparently. I saw Peter Tosh open for them in '78 and fans were booing him. I thought his set was absolutely stunning.

I didn't see it, but I read that they booed Prince when he opened for them on one tour.

Hopefully der Schtuppenfuhrer will at least conform to truth in labeling laws and run as a liberal Democrat this time.

Hell, he can just rehire all of his original gubernatorial staff from his tenure in Sackamanura. Democrats right down the line.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2017 10:34 PM (noWW6)

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91--- I'm gonna be the contrarian and say do not deport. He did two tours......
Posted by: hogmartin at March 09, 2017 10:09 PM (8nWyX)
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Since he was a LEGAL resident, I agree.
Red tape was the only reason he wasn't a citizen at the time of the felony anyway.
I'd cut the guy some slack.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 09, 2017 10:35 PM (Nox3c)

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Anthony Burgess was awesome in the Rocky movies. "You ain't a contendah. Yer a tomatah."

190When I was stuck in processing at Fort Jackson I met a little cutie named Private Morningstar. She was getting booted from the Army because she was Canadian. Claimed the recruiter didn't tell her which Army she was signing up for.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 09, 2017 10:31 PM (IcT7t)

We had a Storekeeper on my ship that was Irish. First came to the U.S. illegally and got deported. Got a green card, came back, and enlisted in the Navy and got his citizenship. Used to piss everyone off because he was that guy that smoked three packs of Marlboro reds a day and drank like a fish but always maxed the PT test without breaking a sweat.

Yep, most are resident aliens. And based on the article (which is all I have to judge from, without any other information), he was too:

Like many legal permanent residents who have served their adoptive country, Perez thought he was a citizen by virtue of his veteran status, based on an executive order signed by former President George W. Bush in 2002 "to provide expedited naturalization for aliens and non-citizen nationals serving in an active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States during the period of the war against terrorists of global reach." But Perez, who was deployed in Afghanistan at the time the order was issued, didn't understand the fine print and never filed the requisite paperwork, he told the Chicago Tribune from an immigration detention center in Wisconsin.

It sounds like was a resident alien, joined up, did his tours, then had a really rough time trying to get things sorted when he got out. His biggest mistake was assuming that citizenship would get sorted out automatically instead of taking charge of it himself.

Again, I'm only going from what's in the article.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 09, 2017 10:36 PM (8nWyX)

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In her prime Emma Peel was hot in an artsy fartsy way. Loved the way she flipped her hair.

Posted by: colfax mingo at March 09, 2017 10:36 PM (+ucSt)

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If they start taxing the health insurance of Michigan's teachers union members, you're going to hear teachers all over Michigan squealing like stuck pigs.---I live in Michigan, and really hate the fact that there's a privileged class here that gets health free insurance coverage that includes their grandmothers eyeglasses and their dogs dental work

Nice and warm today, in the 80's. I hoed some weeds, then spent most of the afternoon working on my Lark engine transplant. Got the engone bay cleaned up, and rattle-can painted, and it looks alright. The new engine is in place, mostly bolted to the bellhousing, and resting on the mounts. Could have it ready to fire tomorrow. Hard part is all done.

And guy finally showed up with the transfer case for my truck; about 7:00 P.M. And it looks like the right one, too. I paid him, and handed the unit off the mechanic who is going to put it in. I'm not tooled up for that particular job.

Hopefully der Schtuppenfuhrer will at least conform to truth in labeling laws and run as a liberal Democrat this time.

Hell, he can just rehire all of his original gubernatorial staff from his tenure in Sackamanura. Democrats right down the line.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2017 10:34 PM (noWW6)

I despise anyone named or related to a Kennedy with every fiber of my being.

But after what he pulled on Maria Shriver, having a press conference with her while he was running to deny any infidelities, while banging the maid for years and having a kid with her, Ahhhnold can eat a bag of dicks and rot in hell.

"1985" is also a linguistic homage. Like Orwell created the language of Newspeak used by the novel's characters, Burgess created a language he called Worker's English, the official language which codified the worst vulgarities and debasements of vernacular English.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2017 10:40 PM (EZebt)

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>>>I hope your home is covered with plastic slipcovers.Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 09, 2017 10:35 PM (hscyr)<<<After I stand up, my furniture looks like it had a visit from the Exxon Valdez.

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In her prime Emma Peel was hot in an artsy fartsy way. Loved the way she flipped her hair.--

That was one of the television shows that probably messed me up. I really wanted to be Mrs. Peel and go off and have adventures, get into scrapes and wear amazing clothes. Also, she seemed rich, and Mr. Peel was never around, which never seemed to bother her. So it seemed pretty ideal to a young girl.

You know, I probably still want to be Mrs. Peel, but have turned into DIana Rigg sitting on wing back chair, eating pastries, intoning about the current Masterpiece Theater presentation.

Eh, sort of, I guess. I'm an unhappy person by nature so better for me would still be pretty down for most people. Thanks for asking.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 09, 2017 10:38 PM (0mRoj)

Great reggae guy just not an opener for The Stones
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 09, 2017 10:40 PM (voOPb)

I always figured that the opening act is there because the headliner wants them there. Otherwise the headliner would find a different opening act.

Posted by: rickl at March 09, 2017 10:44 PM (sdi6R)

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When I was stuck in processing at Fort Jackson I met a little cutie named Private Morningstar. She was getting booted from the Army because she was Canadian. Claimed the recruiter didn't tell her which Army she was signing up for.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 09, 2017 10:31 PM (IcT7t)

If one is a Status Indian (feather, not dot) then one can join the Armed Forces of either Canada or the USA.

Guy In knew in Alberta, his adopted son, native Indian, became a U.S, Marine.

Too bad that she had no vagina.
Posted by: JAS at March 09, 2017 09:55 PM (Kresa)

Hey, at least she had a mouth and no moral compass.

Posted by: Ken at March 09, 2017 10:45 PM (LMcFk)

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I saw Procol Harum in 1970 at Summerfest in Milwaukee. The really cool thing I remember was that when they started playing Whiter Shade of Pale, the fireworks were going off from the barge in the harbor, making a dramatic backdrop for the stage. And this also was the year that Sly of the Family Stone was a no-show for only about 100,000 of his pissed off fans.

Posted by: Final Arbiter of Reality at March 09, 2017 10:45 PM (3pGfC)

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One week at boot camp, two of the service week recruits slopping food into the trays in the galley had nametapes that read 'Staines' and 'Raper'. Seaman Staines and Seaman Raper. To this day I'm not sure if it was real or just sleep deprivation and the flu.

234Having had myself, over the years, various sketchy people try to sell me stuff that they were sourcing from Midnight Auto.

Midnight Auto Supply was the name of a legitimate business in San Jose, CA during the 70s and 80s. Took me a while to figure out it wasn't a nationwide chain when I heard people from other parts of the country using the phrase.

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And guy finally showed up with the transfer case for my truck; about 7:00 P.M. And it looks like the right one, too. I paid him, and handed the unit off the mechanic who is going to put it in. I'm not tooled up for that particular job.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2017 10:37

Sounds like a good day. Glad you got it after waiting so long. We are headed out to AZ in the near future. Could you give me a shout on the email below?

For everyone receiving employer provided health care, we tax that as income - as it assuredly is. Then we don't have to give tax credits to those buying their own.. right?? right??
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

Or maybe instead of voting they took the distraught Sanders supporters out for brewskis.

Ageed. Lots of Stones fans sitting on their hands while opening band, Lynyrd Skynyrd was torching the stage.
1976 or '77 I believe.

https://youtu.be/mCZ4MjYnPCA

Posted by: Al Bundy at March 09, 2017 10:52 PM (4UY1n)

256The ONT suspects if this was Mike Pence's kid it would have been a bigger story. Failed VP candidate's son arrested for being really naughty.

What gets me about these stories is that these lefty bastards show up with smoke bombs, pepper spray, clubs, masks, and who knows what else and the MSM still calls them 'protestors' and calls Trump supporters the violent ones.

If they come armed, they can't say things 'became' violent-- they came prepared to do violence.

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"That was one of the television shows that probably messed me up. I
really wanted to be Mrs. Peel and go off and have adventures, get into
scrapes and wear amazing clothes. Also, she seemed rich, and Mr. Peel
was never around, which never seemed to bother her. So it seemed pretty
ideal to a young girl."

-- Avengers TV show opener

-- Diana Rigg brushes a stray lock of hair out of her eyes

-- Doing so with the sights of the snubbie revolver she's holding

-- Me then: wow, these British women are ultra cool

-- Me now: AAAAAAAGH MUZZLE INDISCIPLINE

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2017 10:58 PM (noWW6)

272
259; MH, there is no joy in the tundra for the rest of this week and most of next week, It sucks. But it does keep the riff raff in the house playing xbox.

275
Holy balls! The terrible host of an unwatchable CNN show actually ate human brains on the air!--

Eating brains causes Mad Cow Disease.

Also, the cannibal told hm to shut up.

Cannibal 2

CNN Douchebag 0

Posted by: shibumi at March 09, 2017 10:59 PM (J5mC3)

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Fun fact about Lynyrd Skynyrd... They actually named themselves after their high school gym teacher, Leonard Skinner, who thought they were punks and was always telling them they'd never amount to anything.

Skinner also had a side business as a realtor. One early Skynyrd album had a picture of one of his "For Sale" signs on the cover, complete with his phone number. Poor fucker was getting phone calls from Skynyrd fans at 3am for years afterward.

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Question - What is the "Go Fund Me" type site with the conservative lean and without the grubby $$ grabbing of fund me that I've seen mentioned here a few times??

Reason - Need help getting an "Anna-vator" for our '08 Expedition. An "Annavator" is a running board operating device to lower the running board to the ground and raising the person to floor level to enter the vehicle w/o climbing.

I was in a local rock band doing the college bar circuit in the seventies. After I left, they renamed themselves "The Big Tips Band". And a couple of them were quite the skirt chasers...

Posted by: Final Arbiter of Reality at March 09, 2017 11:00 PM (3pGfC)

279
I'm pretty certain that the Stones liked Peter Tosh and Prince. Maybe Skynyrd and the Clash as well, although I'm not as certain about that.

I have the distinct impression that a lot of Stones fans are ignorant jerks. Not all of them, mind you, but a significant portion.

Like I said, I've always operated under the assumption that headliner approved of the opener. So in those cases where I was underwhelmed by the opener, I just sat on my hands, figuring that actively booing would be impolite.

Posted by: rickl at March 09, 2017 11:00 PM (sdi6R)

280
We had a Jamaican and a Malaysian in my boot camp division and a Dominican on the boat. There were only two Filipinos on the boat, both in Supply Department (of course). Thing is, they were both nth-generation US-born citizens and one couldn't even speak Tagalog. I was worried that not having a native Pinoy Manila Mafia was probably a worse curse than not having the champagne bottle break, but we seemed to do OK.

283
Like I said, I've always operated under the assumption that headliner approved of the opener. So in those cases where I was underwhelmed by the opener, I just sat on my hands, figuring that actively booing would be impolite.----FWIW, I imagine it's the bands management that makes a deal with the opener. Or perhaps the promoter.

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We had a Filipino Steward (yep, 196 by last name Agorilla, was allowed to strike for AZ. If I recall, he was an AZ2 when I left the command. Being a Filipino in the U.S. Navy was a sweet gig, say many retired Filipino Master Chiefs.

You know, less than 5 years ago this headline would have shocked me. Now? Of course, why the hell not. The Crazy Times, Yo!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, Rear echelon m-fers at March 09, 2017 11:14 PM (pY+s4)

Somebody said on an earlier thread that Alex Jones always seemed "out there", but reality is catching up with him.

Posted by: rickl at March 09, 2017 11:15 PM (sdi6R)

318
If Monty Python were a Moron, would he have an Over Knight Thread?

Why am I picturing the scene in Jurassic Park where they lower the cow into the raptor pen. Except instead of cows and raptors, it's a cow fat person lowered to another fat person for bumping uglies.The noises are roughly the same though.

352
I mean, what kind of self respecting Moron wants to shift gears into all that psychobabble "transference" stuff, anyway?

Next thing you know, he'll be hawking his self-help book, here.

"Grab a Tool and Help Your Own Damn Self!"---Female Ace is taking a psychology class.

Male Ace is wandering Home Depot, looking for help with a power tool purchase.

Posted by: shibumi at March 09, 2017 11:26 PM (J5mC3)

353Being a Filipino in the U.S. Navy was a sweet gig, say many retired Filipino Master Chiefs.
Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2017 11:10 PM (zLDYs)

We had an SHSN that had been a Captain in the Philippine Army. I asked him why he would give up being an officer to enlist in the USN and he told me he made three times as much money as an E3 than he did as an officer in the PA. Last I heard he was an SHCM on the Bonhomme Richard. Interestingly, we were on an FFG, and Filipinos are notorious for avoiding small boys because they can't "blend in with the crowd". In this guy's case, he picked a small boy because he wanted to stand out.

Killed Commies as part of the Finnish army in World War 2. The Commies hated him so much that they put a bounty of three million Finnish Marks on his head. When the Finns made peace with the Soviets, he was discharged and unemployed. So he went to Germany and helped them kill Commies. After the war, the Finnish authorities weren't happy about the fact that he'd joined the German Army, so he ran away to the US, where he got a residence permit and joined the US Army Special Forces.

He became a citizen and was killed in 1965 while fighting Commies in Vietnam.

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#345: I remember watching an anime series called VanDread years ago. It was a sci-fi harem comedy set in a future where men and women split off into separate civilizations due to some some sort of sexual civil war. Homosexual reproduction was possible, because Science, so the two cultures could sustain themselves without having the opposite sex around.

One thought that I had while watching it was that I'd feel awfully sorry for the women in a split like that.

See, the thing is... a man can pass on either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome, while a woman can only pass on an X chromosome. This means that the men's side of that split would still produce women! But the women would not be able to produce men.

Men would definitely be in a superior position if such a species-wide "divorce" occurred.

368
One reason I couldn't get into the Mike and Molly TV show. Fat sex was always on the table.

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 09, 2017 11:34 PM (IDPbH)

369
In terms of British Punk, the Pistols had the anger, the Damned were fun, the Buzzcocks had the chords, the Fall had the intelligence and the Stranglers had the chops.

The Clash were the original SJW band. If you're going to post The Clash, you might as well post Bruce Springsteen. You might as well say, "Hillary SHOULD be president." You might as well post Barbra Streisand.

F the Clash.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 09, 2017 11:35 PM (MZcWR)

370
"AoP is kinking out with shadily acquired transference cases, per his latest boasts"

Aren't they "intersectionality cases" now?

Seems that the guy (!) who was the main speaker for the Day Without An Annoying Leftist Woman was constantly blathering on about the intersectionality nonsense.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2017 11:36 PM (noWW6)

371
>>>One reason I couldn't get into the Mike and Molly TV show. Fat sex was always on the table.

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 09, 2017 11:34 PM (IDPbH)<<<

Must've been a super strong table.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 09, 2017 11:37 PM (Tstsj)

372
Thanks Mis. Hum. for the ONT, esp. de Toqueville quote, the underwater bullet bubbles, and the Trower which I listened to while watching the dominos fall.

My favorite opener so far was Justin Hayward solo on an acoustic opening for the Moody Blues.

The US Army will sign aliens of the legal variety. But, for him to enlist as an illegal, he lied. Deport his ass.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2017 11:38 PM (R+30W)

374
I listen to Ed Sherran on the Howard Stern show this week. The little English ginger dude can sing.

Posted by: Jack Sock at March 09, 2017 11:38 PM (IDPbH)

375
Seems that the guy (!) who was the main speaker for the Day Without An Annoying Leftist Woman was constantly blathering on about the intersectionality nonsense.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2017 11:36 PM (noWW6)

Well, the transference case in my Suburban was throwing off its chain, which is why I needed a new one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2017 11:38 PM (WDdjT)

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@345 I remember watching an anime series called VanDread years ago. It was a sci-fi harem comedy set in a future where men and women split off into separate civilizations due to some some sort of sexual civil war. Homosexual reproduction was possible, because Science, so the two cultures could sustain themselves without having the opposite sex around.
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I still have the whole series on DVD. The first half of it is absolutely hilarious. The second half still has a lot of fun, but it's not as good. I should pull it out and watch it again one of these days.

One thing worth noting -

We get a pretty good look at what the all-male planet is like in the first episode (and from some of Hibiki's reactions later on). The male planet is boring, bland, and has a caste-based system, but it more or less works.

We don't get a similar look at the female planet, but there are brief glimpses (particularly in Meia's episode). It looks pretty, but when you look between the lines it's a seriously screwed up place.

Posted by: junior at March 09, 2017 11:39 PM (nsZ+m)

377320 My favorite story of a non-citizen that became a US pilot, a POW, and highly decorated, is buried at Arlington, is "Little Deiter Needs To Fly".
Film by Werner Herzog.
Posted by: navybrat

There was an old book about him. I can't remember the title. IIRC a good share of the pow's he was with died because the conditions were so bad.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 09, 2017 11:40 PM (+lVUW)

378
Intersectionality is just a "six degrees of separation" game played by connecting any social ill to old white men.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 09, 2017 11:40 PM (3Vlkn)

379
Well, the transference case in my Suburban was throwing off its chain, which is why I needed a new one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2017 11:38 PM (WDdjT)

It looks like English but I have no clue what it means...

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 09, 2017 11:40 PM (0mRoj)

380
Well, the transference case in my Suburban was throwing off its chain, which is why I needed a new one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Free at last! Free at last!

Posted by: AOP's transfer case at March 09, 2017 11:40 PM (ZO497)

381
351, they had Stevie Wonder and the Meters as openers. Steel Wheels tour they had In Living Color.

Posted by: Dirt Sandwich at March 09, 2017 11:41 PM (M3DRt)

382
We don't get a similar look at the female planet, but there are brief glimpses (particularly in Meia's episode). It looks pretty, but when you look between the lines it's a seriously screwed up place.

Posted by: junior at March 09, 2017 11:39 PM (nsZ+m)

The space shuttles are all angle-parked in parallel-parking slots?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2017 11:41 PM (WDdjT)

383
378 Intersectionality is just a "six degrees of separation" game played by connecting any social ill to old white men.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 09, 2017 11:40 PM (3Vlkn)

396I remember watching an anime series called VanDread years ago. [...]

See, the thing is... a man can pass on either an X chromosome or a Y chromosome, while a woman can only pass on an X chromosome. This means that the men's side of that split would still produce women! But the women would not be able to produce men.

That was the silliest part about the Saber Marionette series. Five men crash on a planet, and they can use their tech to reproduce (and not just make clones, but genetically-different people)... but somehow they can only make more males because they're all males. Bunch of years later, they've got a whole society with different cultures and countries and stuff, but all the "females" are still robots. Oy, and vey.

Posted by: mikeski at March 09, 2017 11:44 PM (JmGsr)

397
387. Worse - all of the pilots are busy putting on lipstick and eyeliner while on their way to work.
Posted by: junior at March 09, 2017 11:42 PM (nsZ+m)

Hey now, I've observed more than one guy shaving AND reading the newspaper while driving. That kinda stupidity is universal, unfortunately.

400369 In terms of British Punk, the Pistols had the anger, the Damned were fun, the Buzzcocks had the chords, the Fall had the intelligence and the Stranglers had the chops.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 09, 2017 11:35 PM (MZcWR)

And Elvis Costello had the lyrics. The first four Elvis albums were outstanding.

Posted by: rickl at March 09, 2017 11:46 PM (sdi6R)

401
>>>We don't get a similar look at the female planet, but there are brief
glimpses (particularly in Meia's episode). It looks pretty, but when you
look between the lines it's a seriously screwed up place.

403
325 #312: It's more surprising these days when a man actually accepts being a man, like actually having a penis and being able to fix stuff and open pickle jars and kill spiders and all that.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler. Welcome to Trumpdome, bitch! at March 09, 2017 11:17 PM (0OG8D)

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I don't have a penis, but other than that, I can open jars, fix stuff, and kill spiders.

Camel spiders even.

Posted by: SMFH at March 09, 2017 11:46 PM (CRotO)

404
I remember the story about the Finn.
He was interviewed by the press who asked him how it felt to have killed so many, and he replied "I never killed humans, just commies".

Posted by: navybrat at March 09, 2017 11:46 PM (w7KSn)

405
392 the problem with fat sex is that if any of the partners are gluten intolerant, you're screwed, but nor screwed, because what do you roll them in to find the wet spot?
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 09, 2017 11:44 PM (Yz4AM)

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Cocaine?

Posted by: SMFH at March 09, 2017 11:48 PM (CRotO)

406404 I remember the story about the Finn.
He was interviewed by the press who asked him how it felt to have killed so many, and he replied "I never killed humans, just commies".
Posted by: navybrat at March 09, 2017 11:46 PM (w7KSn)

Cue Mike Hammer.

Posted by: rickl at March 09, 2017 11:48 PM (sdi6R)

407
@384 Did the guys at least have sex robots? Other wise I don't see an all man planet surviving .
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The series glosses over that bit.

Factories are mentioned for actual reproduction. But nothing is mentioned about recreational sex on the male planet. While casual sex is entirely possible, based on what's shown, it's entirely possible that the men don't form any sort of family unit. And given the "members of the opposite sex are an entirely different and evil species" vibe pushed by both sides (the series literally opens with an amusing military recruitment video that starts out, "Women are monsters!"), there aren't any sex robots on the male planet that look *female*.

There's at least one lesbian couple on the ship, though (and one of the members of that couple is the single most vain individual in the series). And a flashback episode shows that women on the female planet form long-term partnerships and have kids. There are specific words (oma and famaa) that designate which woman is donating genetic material, and which one is carrying the fetus to term.

Posted by: junior at March 09, 2017 11:49 PM (nsZ+m)

408the problem with fat sex is that if any of the partners are gluten
intolerant, you're screwed, but nor screwed, because what do you roll
them in to find the wet spot?

Powdered sugar.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 09, 2017 11:49 PM (IcT7t)

409
I saw Fleetwood Mac open for Leo Sayer. Weird, but true. Great Southeast Music Hall, Atlanta.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 09, 2017 11:49 PM (ZO497)

410
403: SMFH, how do you kill camel spiders? I wouldn't get near one without a flamethrower.

419
Reggie Miller just told one of the most ridiculous lies I've ever heard. On TNT's broadcast of the Lakers-Suns game, he talked about his own college training program. He claimed he regularly "made 1500 3-pointers a day".

Do the math. That's 100 MADE 3-pointers per hour, every hour, for 15 hours during a single day (regularly). That's 1.6 MADE 3-pointers per minute.

For 15 HOURS.

Or if he only wanted to shoot 12 HOURS to reach 1500 made 3-pointers, he'd only have to make 2.1 made 3-pointers per minute...for TWELVE HOURS.

When celebrities make bad mistakes, they need to be called on it. Doing so undermines their effectiveness at poor social commentary.

Posted by: Crusader at March 09, 2017 11:53 PM (OXPMi)

420
409, is that still a venue?
Posted by: Dirt Sandwich
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436
The Clash were the original SJW band. If you're going to post The Clash, you might as well post Bruce Springsteen. You might as well say, "Hillary SHOULD be president." You might as well post Barbra Streisand.

438
Normal night I'm hittingvthe rack two hours ago.
But practice night. And then when I pull in the driveway my boys at up abut 6 over Baylor with a little under 3 to play.
That 3 minutes must have taken 15 but,,, they won it.
That should punch their ticket to the dance.

449Miller oversold himself, but I wouldn't be surprised if he could knock
down 500 three pointers in an afternoon. Lots of NBA players are
unbelievably good in quiet private practice settings.

Oh, agreed. My point was about how silly his actual statement was (1500 a day, regularly), and when his co-host asked him if he was serious about the number, he doubled down (weakly--check his words if you can find them) on the silly assertion.

These are the same folks that want to lecture others about "global warming", "diversity", "immigration", etc.

Posted by: Crusader at March 10, 2017 12:08 AM (OXPMi)

450
Evening all,
Don't know how long I'll be here, so reading the comments from the bottom up

Male Ace is wandering Home Depot, looking for help with a power tool purchase.

Posted by: shibumi

I hope we find out the mystery of Ace someday. Whether there are two Aces, or whether there is one who is genderfluid. Otherwise, it's like those endless debates in the early church about Nestorianism vs. Modalism.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 10, 2017 12:10 AM (vRcUp)

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Don't know how long I'll be here, so reading the comments from the bottom up
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Sorry but your 2 per minute calculation is way off. They make 15 to 20 in a minute at the allstar game and they have to go to 5 different stations. If he had a 30 minute shooting session he would probably make between 200 to 300 with someone feeding him the ball. Whether he would do this for 3 or 4 hours is legitimate to question. I bet he did it once and that is the basis for his exaggeration that he did it regularly.

(I know, I've botched up those terms too here .... the Barrel and I go way back.)

Best I can tell, "Jacobitism" means the belief that Christ was/is of the same nature as the Father, miaphysitism. Also they share the same will (monotheletism). So for them, Mary is the Mother of God (theotokos) in a real sense, not as just an honorific.

With Japan soon to re-open residential areas that had been evacuated due
to the Fukushima disaster, officials are faced with a daunting task:
eradicating radioactive boars that have taken over the towns.

(I know, I've botched up those terms too here .... the Barrel and I go way back.)

Best I can tell, "Jacobitism" means the belief that Christ was/is of the same nature as the Father, miaphysitism. Also they share the same will (monotheletism). So for them, Mary is the Mother of God (theotokos) in a real sense, not as just an honorific."

Interesting, seems that could get confusing really quickly.

You once used the term "American Jacob something ism" and I wondered what you meant. Do you remember?

Posted by: American Kestrel at March 10, 2017 12:30 AM (IDhUW)

487
Fukushima disaster, officials are faced with a daunting task:
eradicating radioactive boars that have taken over the towns.

Posted by: shibumi
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There are guys who would pay to do that. It could be billed as an eradi-cation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2017 12:31 AM (ZO497)

488
Kestrel: Jacobinism with N is the far left wing of the French Revolution, and Jacobitism with T is the far right wing of the English Revolution(s), so I've certainly mentioned one or the other (and likely confused the two ... remember... barrel).

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 10, 2017 12:33 AM (/OwWx)

489
@485 With Japan soon to re-open residential areas that had been evacuated due
to the Fukushima disaster, officials are faced with a daunting task:
eradicating radioactive boars that have taken over the towns.
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So you're saying that the Japanese are under threat from self-cooking bacon...?

Posted by: junior at March 10, 2017 12:33 AM (nsZ+m)

490
There are guys who would pay to do that. It could be billed as an eradi-cation.---

500
MH, Bryan Ferry is playing the Tabernacle here
Tuesday. Trying to not build it up too much, but latest set lists seem
to have about 10-15 RM songs.

Posted by: Dirt Sandwich at March 10, 2017 12:34 AM (M3DRt)

Takes me back.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 10, 2017 12:46 AM (tHwdc)

501A self-proclaimed healer in Iraq has declared that President Trump's mercurial nature is an indication that he is possessed by a jinn!

That jin will grab onto you and it won't let you go.

*hic*

HUMA! MORE VERMOUTH!!!!!!

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at March 10, 2017 12:46 AM (JZdsf)

502
With Japan soon to re-open residential areas that had been evacuated due
to the Fukushima disaster, officials are faced with a daunting task:
eradicating radioactive boars that have taken over the towns.

Posted by: shibumi at March 10, 2017 12:27 AM (J5mC3)

It was 0200 in Fukushima Prefecture. It had been a quiet night, so far. I lit a cigarette, keeping my eyes tightly shut so that the flame from my Dunhill lighter would not impair my night vision.

Watanabe, my hunting partner, tapped me gently on the shoulder. "Chief, I'm getting some pings on the scintillometer, about two o'clock, and approaching."

I put the Barrett-Medvedev .548 to my shoulder, and peered into the Sato Optics gamma sight. Sure enough, a radioboar, and a big one, too. Must have gone 600 kilos, if it weighed an ounce. The tusks were a full foot long, and shone like daylight in the scope, so hot they were with gamma rays. I lined up on the beast's shoulder, and squeezed off a shot. The boom of the shot echoed through the streets of the still-unoccupied village like thunder in a mountain pass. The radioboar leapt up, and flopped over on its back, dead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 10, 2017 12:47 AM (WDdjT)

503
If setlist doesn't vary much on tour, esp with the prices now, I would rather know. I was looking more for how lineup sounds.

The first house we owned was not in the best part of town. Not the worst either, but not the best. The house next door was a rental. Our side yard was perhaps 7 feet wide, then the fence, then 4 feet of their side yard, then the other house.

In that house lived a young woman of generous proportions. I would call her a lady of the night, but she seemed to be most active during the day. My wife, who was home during the day, would frequently see business men on long lunches coming and leaving looking a bit disheveled.

One day I happened to be home. Our kids who were maybe 3 and 6 at the time, were playing in the side yard. My wife and I both heard the unmistakable whap whap whap... of fat sex through the open bedroom window. We got the kids inside.

506
AOP,
It was a shot that you would tell your grandchildren about, how you saved the land from the deadly radioactive and self cooking bacon. It became legend passed from gen to gen on cold winter nights

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 10, 2017 12:51 AM (IDhUW)

507
...but he remains a pre-pubertal boy. He will be left psychosocially isolated and alone...

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Aaaaaannnnd there's a whole subculture of fetishists who are looking for just that sort of thing.

511
I'm listening to this right now, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers plus the Peter Green splinter group, in a live concert on BBC Radio Two, a few years ago. Pretty darn good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bigH71acJnM

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 10, 2017 01:03 AM (WDdjT)

512
One day I happened to be home. Our kids who were maybe 3 and 6 at the time, were playing in the side yard. My wife and I both heard the unmistakable whap whap whap... of fat sex through the open bedroom window. We got the kids inside.

Posted by: Average Guy at March 10, 2017 12:48 AM (LMcFk)

My ears have been to hell and back, but that's one sound that I can say is completely unknown to them.

Second.....The top link on the main page sidebar.....the opioid/smack/fena feature....THANK YOU ACE for posting about this......

Here's a link that goes FAR beyond that article an expounds/elaborates/illustrates/documents extensively.......(the culpability of the Pharma Cartels) in Their premeditated Profit Driven Destruction of Americans.....

https://tinyurl.com/gor9jog

A TRUE Travesty....ignored because the victims, (poor Caucasians) don't fit the current Narrative.

The numbers validate that premise. Irrefutably.

Again, much appreciation to El S and the Powers to linking that article on the sidebar.....the drug war in the USA isn't between American citizens and "Drug Cartels"....

An Americans true threat......G Sanctioned Big Pharma.

Profit is God. All Hail Profit. Consequences, FUCK EM. 'not my problem'(Brought to y'all By The Power Of Rationalization)

Posted by: HillbillyKing at March 10, 2017 01:28 AM (H24WL)

518
I found "If Millennials were Lumberjacks" to be a perfect example of white male privilege, sexism, racism, islamophobia, bigotry, and everything else that is wrong with the patriarchy obsessed America. How anyone could make a video like this and not use Canadian music? Try being an individual for once and not just running with the pack, jumping on a bandwagon, and generally making fun of others just because they are different from you. It's a complete disgrace and I demand that you remove it immediately or I will report it for indecency.

521
My musical coming-of-age was the early 80's. I was into solo Ozzy, and NWOBHM bands like Priest and Maiden. I caught the tail end of the "pure" punk era... I was hearing the Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, DRI, and a couple of other ones. The Clash always seemed too...pop, for lack of a better term. Train in Vain, London Calling, and especially Rock the Casbah...none of it seemed too "punkish" to me. Granted, I never delved deeper into their catalog, so I might have missed it, but I always thought that they were vastly overrated.

529
That story about Canada passing blasphemy laws is very troubling. For the life of me, I can't understand the deference to Islam by the supposedly anti-religious Left, and even by normal everyday citizens. Yeah, I know..the Left and Islam are simpatico on many issues. Still...Islam regularly commits the atrocities that the Left accuses Christianity of doing.

I do turn into a shouting "lunatic right-winger" when it comes to importing more "refugees", which is probably counter-productive, but the preponderance of the evidence is that the mass migration is destroying Europe and everyone simply refuses to acknowledge it.

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That story about Canada passing blasphemy laws is very troubling. For the life of me, I can't understand the deference to Islam by the supposedly anti-religious Left, and even by normal everyday citizens. Yeah, I know..the Left and Islam are simpatico on many issues. Still...Islam regularly commits the atrocities that the Left accuses Christianity of doing.

I do turn into a shouting "lunatic right-winger" when it comes to importing more "refugees", which is probably counter-productive, but the preponderance of the evidence is that the mass migration is destroying Europe and everyone simply refuses to acknowledge it.

Posted by: Fortunato at March 10, 2017 01:46 AM (/28sZ)

It's not Canada as a whole; it's the province of Ontario, which has a bull-dyke as Premier. Go figure, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 10, 2017 01:55 AM (WDdjT)

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Train in Vain, London Calling, and especially Rock the Casbah...none of it seemed too "punkish" to me.
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those 3, along with "should i stay or does this blow" were, IMHO, their worst songs...

i also suspect the record company insisted on them, so they would have something for mainstream radio airplay, because that was the only way to make it those days.

they've got a lot of pretty good stuff on their first LPs...

IMHO, anyway

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 10, 2017 01:42 AM

It wasn't the record company. They were mostly a band driven by 2 somewhat conflicting viewpoints on styles. The earlier stuff is good, but, IMHO they really came into their own with the mid to later stuff. Why? Because they made something almost entirely their own and rock/pop, done well and played in the punk genre is incredibly hard to do. Even the early stuff featured some really catchy tunes, but by and large, as good as that period was, it didn't differ much from everybody else at the time. Most of it is pretty generic "punk". The later years is uniquely Clash.

Posted by: otho at March 10, 2017 01:57 AM (lmIoG)

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Good night horde. My week may be looking up. I did a midnight funds transfer so my checking acct will not go overdrawn. But I was so tired I had to grab my book as I could not remember my login at the bank, thank goodness I don't have an early alarm.

539That story about Canada passing blasphemy laws is very troubling. For the life of me, I can't understand the deference to Islam by the supposedly anti-religious Left, and even by normal everyday citizens. Yeah, I know..the Left and Islam are simpatico on many issues. Still...Islam regularly commits the atrocities that the Left accuses Christianity of doing.

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Well, I have had a long day, and I am tired. Got a bit of sun, too, and my face and arms are red. Legs, too, as I was wearing shorts. Funny how a slight touch of sunburn makes one sleepy, isn't it?

543Meh, didn't care for any of the punk stuff.
Born to Run on the other hand,,, Rock. Anthem.
And there ain't too many of those.

Posted by: teej at March 10, 2017 12:14 AM (Jd44p)

I absolutely hated 'Born To Run', not just the song but the entire album. It was the only album I ever sold, and I sold it to my college roommate about six months after I bought it. Some things I've wished I never sold, but the 'Born to Run' album is most definitely not one of those things.

546I absolutely hated 'Born To Run', not just the song but the entire album. It was the only album I ever sold, and I sold it to my college roommate about six months after I bought it. Some things I've wished I never sold, but the 'Born to Run' album is most definitely not one of those things.
Posted by: RickZ at March 10, 2017 02:26 AM (MifL9)

Same. Hate the album (never bought it) and hate Springputz with a burning passion.

My reaction to the speech was surprise that it sounded just like a campaign speech. A high number of media outlets used the words "dark" and "divisive" to describe the inaugural speech. It is fair evidence that there is a new Journo-list that won't go away. It's happened at least three other times since then.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 10, 2017 04:44 AM (VdICR)

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the biography of barbie at the link leaves out one thing. while thought up by ruth handler, it was designed by jack ryan. ryan was an engineer at raytheon who designed the sparrow and hawk missile systems.

he worked at handler's mattel for 20 years designing other toys, married zsa zsa gabor, and died in bel air at the relatively young age of 65.

pretty interesting resume - hawk missile & barbie.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 10, 2017 04:49 AM (WTSFk)

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... ryan also ended up suing mattel and won a multi-million $ judgement.

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Dang it!!
Wish I would have read the comments between my first post and goodnight post. Missed someone.
Worse, I missed someone I've missed.

Posted by: teej at March 10, 2017 05:36 AM (Jd44p)

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Good Morning!A chilly willy day here. Promise of snow on Monday, but weather underground keeps changing the amount we're supposed to get. A little bit and I wouldn't mind. I could run the gas out of the blower then.

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Chicago Tribune: as usual enough anti-Trump articles to fill the front page of the web site. Don't they get tired of printing the same stories over and over.Trumps populism is dying...Trump the weakling, on and on....

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Panama City (AFP) - Panama's former dictator, Manuel Noriega, remained in a critical condition on Wednesday following surgery to remove a benign brain tumor, one of his daughters told AFP.

Posted by: undocumented SMOD at March 10, 2017 08:41 AM (e8kgV)

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LOUISBURG, N.C. (AP) -- A man accused of decapitating his mother told authorities that he stabbed her numerous times because he "felt like it," according to newly released court documents.

The suspect told a 911 dispatcher that he stabbed his mother eight times and left the knife in her mouth, according to a copy of the search warrant filed Tuesday afternoon with the court clerk.

Asked why he killed her, he told the dispatcher "because I felt like it," according to the court document. When asked whether he had checked to see if his mother was still breathing, he responded: "She's dead."

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President Trump should open a real investigation into Obama's background. See how Obama was vetted and who signed off on steps in investigation. Find out who committed felonies by helping this turd get elected. Also see if Obama can be prosecuted for lying on any official documents.